Film attaching means for motion picture reels



March 1, 1932. H w os s ET AL 1,847,945

FILM ATTAGHING MEANS FOR MOTION PICTURE REELS Filed March 12, 1929 IN VEN TORS f/sr6 er! WH 0 $6 in? an B Y Carl fl. Haazsla cfier A TTORNE Y S.

' Patented Mar. 1, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE w. HOSKINS AND CARL A. msmcmm, OI BBIDGEPOBT, CONNECTICUT m1: ATTACHING MEANS FOR MOTION PICTURE BEELB Application filed Kai-ch 18, 1989. Serial No. 846,878.

This invention generally relates to motion picture film reels and more particularly to film attachin means therefor, whereby the end portion a film may be quickly attached '8' or threaded, so to s ak, in a way to insure the winding of the m upon the reel and in a manner to permit of its quick releasement when the film is again run off.

The object of the invention is to provide a film attaching means which can be readily secured to any of several commercial types of reels, for the attachment of films, and so as to permit the films to be wound upon the reels in either direction, that is in clockwise or counterclockwise direction, and so as to allow the film to be quickly released at the proper instant when the film is run off without possible damage to the latter.

Further to provide a film attaching means no which can be inexpensively manufactured of a resilient and flexible sheet material, as for instance brass, and in a way to allow of its quick attachment to any of the several slotted hub types of reels now upon the market and a particularly to proportion and design. this attaching means so that when it is attached to a reel its outer end portion, to which the film is mainly attached, will be closely adjacent to the rim of the reel and thus free to be manipulated by the operator for the engagement of the film and in a manner to materially expedite and simplify the attachment of the fil m. Other objects will appear and be better understood from an embodiment of the invention of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof and in which Fi I shows a side elevation of a commerclal type of sheet metal film reel having our film attaching means secured thereto and a film attached to the attaching member;

Fig. 2 is a detached plan view of the film attaching member disconnected from the reel and Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the relative position of the end portion of a strip of film attached to the attaching member, for instance, as would be seen from the top of Fig. 1, if looking down into thereel.

Referrin in detail to the characters of reference mar ed upon the drawings shown in Fig. -1, 5 represents the hub of a commercial type of sheet metal reel 6, which hub is formed of a rolled strip of metal having its end portions 7 disposed in opposed and spaced relation, forming a slot 8 which has heretofore been employed to receive the end of a film, or a means to which the film is faspositioned and secured in the slot, and comprises a flat, resilient, flexible strip which is hingedly connected to said anchor member so that the strip may be readily wound in either direction upon the hub. This anchor member which we have designated as 10 is formed of a short length of sheet metal having pointed ends and folded over midway of its length to form an eye 11 in which a metal link 12 is hingedly supported. The two projected-leg portions of the anchor are of spring metal and normally tend to spread apartandare each provided with an integrally stampedn out lug 13 and 14, the former of which is positioned closer to the transverse eye portion than the other.

These lugs serve to engage the inner wall of the hub adjacent to the slot if the pointed ends of the anchor have been shoved in sufiiciently far, thus forming a lock against any accidental displacement of the anchor. As before stated, one of the lugs is positioned closer to the eye than the other which better serves to adapt them for engagement with hubs of different thicknesses, as for instance the closer lug 13 would serve to. engage a thinner wall hub, whereas the lug 14 osi-. tioned farther away would engage a thlcker wall hub such as would probably not be env gageable by the other lug. This double means of fastening obviously serves to form a closer engagement of the anchor with diiferent type oi hubs and insures the sitiomng of eye and the hinged connection close upon the surface of the hub.

15 represents the resilient flexible strip to which the film is attached in the threading of the film upon a reel. The inner end portion of this strip is folded over and around the elongated link 12, previously referred to as being hingedly connected to the anchor piece.

This folded over end may be secured by rivets or other suitable means and like the connected anchor member forms a hinged connection with the link so as to allow the latter to fold down flat upon the periphery of the hub when the film and strip are wound thereon.

The outer end of the film attaching strip is provided with a pair of straight spaced apart projections 16-16, one adjacent to each edge and at a proper distance apart one from the other, each to engage a hole 0 each series of aligned holes 17 arranged along the two edge portions of the 18, so that in the attachment of the film to the strip the two said projections may be readily positioned in a pair of holes, one in each series along the edges of the film and at suitable distance from the end of the film as is indicated in Figs. 1 and 3. This as will be seen disposes the end of the film 18 closely adjacent to the hub of the reel and between the hub and the inner face of the film attaching strip in such a manner that when the film is attached as shown in Fig. 1, and the reel is rotated in the direction indicated by arrow (1, producing a slight tension or pull in the outer portion of the film, the strip is flexed, and due to the resiliency of the strip and the film, the leverage so produced by the projections of the strip inserted in the holes in the film, frictionally secures the film to the film attaching strip so that together they are wound upon the hub in a manner to further insure the secure attachment of the film to the reel. It will also be ap arent that in the unwinding of the film t e inner end portion will readily detach itself from the hub and attachin member, since the projections on the end 0 the strip are straight and have no shoulders or hook portions to hold and tear the film.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A resilient and flexible film attaching member which may be hingedl attached to a film reel and having a pair 0 straight projectiogs extended from outer free e d and, s ace apart to en ge e openings a acen the edges of the 2. A resilient and flexible film attaching member terminating at one end in a pair of spaced straight projections for engagement with holes adjacent the edges of the film, means adapted to engage the hub of a motion picture film, and said film attaching member ingedly connected at its other end to said means.

3. The combination with a film reel, of a resilient flexible film attaching member hingedly connected to the reel, adapted to embrace the hub of-said reel and having apair of straight projections extended from its outer free end and spaced apart to engage the openings adjacent the edges of the film.

4. The combination with a film reel, of an anchor adapted to engage the hub of the reel, a film attaching member having its inner end hingedly connected to said anchor and having inte ral projections extended from its outer en for engagement with holes of the film, said projections engageable respectively in the holes in the sides of the film.

5. The combination with a picture reel and a resilient ,flexible attaching strip hingedly connected thereto, adapted to be wound thereabout, having straight projections extended from its free end portion, of a film having a series of holes along each edge portion to be engaged by the respective projections, and having one end ositioned between the hub and the hinge end portion of the strip.

6. The combination with a motion picture reel of a resilient and flexible film attaching member hin edly connected thereto, adapte to be woun thereabout in either direction and having straight projections extended from its free end to enga e holes in the film,

said projections enga a le res ectivel in the holes in the sides 0 the film y 7. The combination of a motion picture reel including a slotted hub, an anchor to be inserted in said slot and having means to engage said hub to hold the anchor therein, and a resilient and flexible film attaching member, one end hlngedl connected to said anchor and provided witli straight extended projections extended from its other end designed to engage respectively in the holes in the sides of the film to be attached thereto.

8. The combination with a motion picture red and a resilient and flexible attaching strip, hingedly attached thereto, having straight projections extended from its outer end portion, of a film positioned against the inner side of the strip and havin its end portion disposed between the hub o the reel and the strip, said film having a series of holes along each edge portion to detachably receive the respective projections of the strip, the portion of the film extendin beyond the projections being disposed from t e outer side of the strip.

9. The combination with a motion picture reel and a resilient flexible attaching strip having straight projections extended from its outer end port10n and adapted to be hingedly connected thereto, of a film ositioned against one side of the strip and ving its end portion engaged by the hub of said reel, said film als each edge portion to detachably receive the respective projections of the stri 10. The combination with a motion picture reel and a resilient flexible attaching strip hingedly connected thereto, having straight projections extended from its free end portion, of a length of film positioned against the inner side of the strip and having its inner end positioned between the hub and the strip, said film also having a series of holes along each edge portion to detachabl'y receive the respective projections of the strip, the portion of the film extended be 0nd the projections being disposed from t e outer side of the projections.

11. A resilient and flexible-film attaching member terminating at one end in a tonguelike projection for engagement in holes in a film, means adapted to enga the hub of a motion picture reel, and said m attaching means hingedly connected to said means.

Signed at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut this 9th day of March, A. D. 1929.

HERBERT W. HOSKINS. CARL A. HASSLACHER.

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